Hi there,

August focused on how a project opens and how work gets measured inside it. Projects can now be set to open in a chosen workspace, navigation is ready to go the moment a scene loads, and the drawing tools gained axis locking and a redesigned measurement target.

New Features

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Project Default Workspace

Projects can now be set to open in a chosen workspace mode. The setting is under Project settings > Workspace, with options for Default view, Simple view, and Linear asset. Everyone who opens the project lands in the same place, so there is no switching at the start of each session.

Learn how to set a project default workspace here.

Improved Superhero Mode

Superhero Mode has been improved and is now the default navigation mode in the Simple View workspace. Users can move through point clouds and between panorama positions as soon as a project opens, without picking a navigation mode first.

Smarter Default Layer Loading

What loads first is now more predictable. Projects open on the Home View if one is set. Otherwise the latest panorama loads, then the latest 3D model, with annotations alongside. 2D lineworks load only when there is nothing else to show.

Early Access

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No new early access features this month. Our focus has been on getting the work in the lab ready for release, so expect more here soon.

Interested in trying features before general release? Get in touch at support@skand.io and we will be happy to set you up.

In the lab – what we’re working on

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Unified Loading Screen

Project launches now use a single Initializing Workspace screen that reports progress across different stages. It makes clear which stage is in progress rather than showing a generic indicator.

New System Notifications

Status messages now appear as stacked, dismissible notifications in the lower right of the viewport. Individual assets confirm as they finish loading so users can tell what has loaded and what is still processing.

Axis Locking and the Measurement Target

Keyboard modifiers are coming to the drawing tools. One locks a line flat to the horizontal plane, the other locks it to true vertical, both referenced to the Earth rather than to floor or terrain slope. This makes clean heights and level runs much easier to capture on real site data.

The placement target was redesigned to match, with color coded axes, stable orientation on walls and floors, and smooth transitions across slopes.

Replacing Panorama Images in a Walkthrough Work has started on swapping out a single panorama in an existing walkthrough, so one bad or outdated capture no longer means reprocessing the set.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

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• Fixed a surface placement offset, so annotations and measurements sit where users click.
• Corrected vertical lock selection, which previously felt wrong in near top down views.
• Refined the measurement cursor with thinner axes, smaller endpoints, and a clearer center target.
• Tuned depth reconstruction separately for mesh scenes and point cloud scenes.
• Shipped 3D tileset streaming optimizations behind the experimental renderer flag.

Beyond these updates, we have been busy under the hood on stability and performance work that keeps projects loading reliably as they grow.

As always, we would love to hear your feedback. Dive into the new updates today and let us know what you think!

The SKAND Team